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FCC International Bureau Chief Mindel de la Torre assured a lawmaker that the commission is reviewing LightSquared’s license modification proposal. FCC staff “is reviewing these filings and the complex technical issues associated with LightSquared’s proposals,” she said in a letter…

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to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Manchin urged the FCC to approve LightSquared’s plan to deploy terrestrial downlink operations at 1670-1680 MHz, he said in a letter posted last week (http://bit.ly/1eMltUq). The proposal would generate significant competition within the wireless industry because competitive resellers and device manufacturers could use the company’s capacity “to provide customers with quality high-speed Internet access at more affordable prices,” he said.